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West Knighton: phone box and redundant postbox
Because (a) the postbox is still red, and (b) I did not notice a replacement nearby, my guess is that this Victorian postbox has only recently been taken out of service. However, I had not travelled right through the village so I may have missed the replacement.
Image: © Chris Downer
Taken: 27 Dec 2008
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West Knighton: Church Cottage
A smart thatch, with the
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Image: © Chris Downer
Taken: Unknown
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West Knighton: postboxes old and new
This view ironically both proves and disproves my comments in the description of this photo:
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On the one hand, we can now see the replacement postbox, by the phone box in the background – so I was right on that count. But the old one is still red, so I was wrong on that count.
Image: © Chris Downer
Taken: 13 Feb 2010
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West Knighton village [4]
Church Cottage, Highgate Lane, was built in the early 18th century with 20th century alterations and extension. Constructed of rubble stone with dressed quoins under a thatch roof. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1119209
West Knighton is a village in Dorset, some 3 miles (4.8 km) southeast of Dorchester. There is evidence of settlement from the Stone Age onwards. An agricultural village until the mid 20th century, most working residents now commute to Dorchester.
Image: © Michael Dibb
Taken: 3 Jun 2022
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Telephone box, West Knighton
The K6 type telephone box hides under the tree with a modern postbox in front of it.
Image: © Maigheach-gheal
Taken: 15 Jun 2009
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West Knighton: postbox № DT2 23 and phone
The postbox is a recent replacement for a Victorian one set into a nearby wall – see
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Image: © Chris Downer
Taken: 13 Feb 2010
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West Knighton: parish church of St. Peter
West Knighton is a parish in its own right, unlike East Knighton, a couple of miles along the A352.
Image: © Chris Downer
Taken: Unknown
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West Knighton: old schoolhouse
Image: © Chris Downer
Taken: Unknown
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West Knighton village [6]
These four attached cottages are named Smithy, Middle, Angel and Steps. Built in the mid 18th century, with some 20th century refenestration. Constructed of rubble stone, rendered and colour washed under a thatch roof. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1154053
West Knighton is a village in Dorset, some 3 miles (4.8 km) southeast of Dorchester. There is evidence of settlement from the Stone Age onwards. An agricultural village until the mid 20th century, most working residents now commute to Dorchester.
Image: © Michael Dibb
Taken: 3 Jun 2022
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St Peter, West Knighton: Table of Kindred and Affinity
Image: © Basher Eyre
Taken: 3 Sep 2012
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